| Body color |
Black |
| Sensor |
• 23.6 x 15.6 mm CMOS sensor
• Nikon DX format (1.5x FOV crop)
• 16.2 million effective pixels
• RGB Color Filter Array
• 14-bit A/D converter |
| Anti-dust measures |
• Image sensor cleaning system
• Airflow control system
• Image dust off from reference frame (using optional Capture NX software) |
| Image sizes |
• 4928 x 3264 (L)
• 3696 x 2448 (M)
• 2464 x 1632 (S) |
| Image quality |
• NEF (14-bit compressed RAW)
• JPEG fine (1:4)
• JPEG normal (1:8)
• JPEG basic (1:16)
• NEF (RAW) + Fine JPEG |
| Movie sizes |
• 1920 x 1080 30, 25, 24 fps
• 1280 x 720 30, 25, 24 fps
• 640 x 424 30, 25 fps |
| Movie format |
• MOV (H.264/MPEG-4), mono sound recording (PCM) with internal mic, stereo mic option. |
| Color space |
• sRGB
• Adobe RGB |
| Lens mount |
Nikon F mount (with AF contacts) |
| Lens compatibility |
• AF-S, AF-I
• Other Type G or D AF Nikkor
• Other AF Nikkor/AI-P Nikkor
• Type D PC Nikkor
• Non-CPU
• IX Nikkor/AF Nikkor for F3AF
• AI-P NIKKOR
- All functions supported
- All functions supported except autofocus
- All functions supported except autofocus and 3D Color Matrix Metering II
- All functions supported except some shooting modes
- Can be used in mode M, but exposure meter does not function; electronic range finder can be used if maximum aperture is f/5.6 or faster
- Cannot be used
- All functions supported except 3D color matrix metering II
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| Autofocus |
• 11 focus points (1 cross-type sensors)
• Multi-CAM 1000
• AF working range: -1 to +19 EV (ISO 100, normal temperature)
• Contrast Detect in Live View mode
• Manual focus [M], Electronic range finding supported |
| Lens servo |
• Single-servo AF (AF-S)
• Continuous-servo AF (AF-C)
• Automatic AF-S/AF-C (AF-A)
• Manual focus (MF) |
| AF Area mode |
• Single Point AF
• Dynamic Area AF
• Auto Area AF
• 3D Tracking (11 points) |
| Focus tracking |
Predictive focus tracking automatically activated according to subject status in continuous-servo AF |
| Focus area |
Can be selected from 11 focus points |
| Focus lock |
Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF) or by pressing AE-L/AF-L button |
| AF Assist |
White light lamp |
| Exposure mode |
• Auto
- Auto
- Flash off
• Scene Modes
  Portrait
Landscape
Child
Sports
Close up
Night portrait
Night landscape
Beach/snow
Sunset
Dusk/dawn
Pet portrait
Candlelight
Blossom
Autumn colors
Food
Silhouette
 Food
• Special effects
Night Vision
Color Sketch
Miniature effect
Selective color
High key
Low key
Silhouette
• Programmed auto (P) with flexible program
• Shutter-priority auto (S)
• Aperture priority auto (A)
• Manual (M) |
| Metering |
• TTL exposure metering using 420-pixel RGB sensor
• Matrix :3D color matrix metering II (type G and D lenses); color matrix metering II (other CPU lenses)
• Center-weighted: Weight of 75% given to 8-mm circle in center of frame
• Spot: Meters 3.5 mm circle (about 2.5% of frame) centered on active focus area |
| Metering range |
• EV 0 to 20 (3D color matrix or center-weighted metering)
• EV 2 to 20 (spot metering) |
| Meter coupling |
CPU coupling |
| Exposure comp. |
• +/- 5.0 EV
• 1/3 EV steps |
| AE Lock |
Exposure locked at detected value with AE-L/AF-L button |
| AE Bracketing |
3 frames up to +/–2EV |
| Sensitivity |
• Auto
• ISO 100
• ISO 200
• ISO 400
• ISO 800
• ISO 1600
• ISO 3200
• ISO 6400
• ISO 12800 (Hi1)
• ISO 25600 (Hi2) |
| Shutter |
• Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter
• 30 to 1/4000 sec (1/3/ or 1/2 EV steps)
• Flash X-Sync: up to 1/200 sec
• Bulb |
| Cont. shooting |
• Up to 4fps |
| White balance |
• Auto
• Incandescent
• Fluorescent
Sodium-vapor lamps
Warm-white fluorescent
White fluorescent
Cool-white fluorescent
Day white fluorescent
Daylight fluorescent
Daylight fluorescent
Mercury-vapor lamps
• Direct sunlight
• Flash
• Cloudy
• Shade
• Preset white balance (immediate or from photo) |
| WB fine tuning |
Yes, (except preset manual) |
| Viewfinder |
• Eye-level pentamirror single-lens reflex viewfinder
• Frame coverage Approx. 95% horizontal and 95% vertical
• Magnification Approx. 0.78x (50mm f/1.4 lens at infinity, –1.0 m-1)
• Eyepoint 17.9 mm (–1.0 m-1) • Diopter adjustment –1.7 to+1 m-1 |
| LCD monitor |
• 3.0" Vari-Angle TFT LCD
• 921,000 dots
• 100% frame coverage
• 170° viewing angle
• Brightness adjustment |
| Built-in flash |
• Auto, Portrait, Child, Close-up, Night portrait, Party/indoor,
• Auto flash with auto pop-up,
• Manual pop-up in P, S, A or M modes
• Guide number approx. 12/39 at ISO 100 (am/ft)
• Guide number approx. 13/43 at ISO 100 (m/ft) in manual mode |
| Sync contact |
X-contact only; flash synchronization at shutter speeds of up to 1/200 sec |
| Flash control |
• TTL flash control by 420-segment RGB sensor.
• i-TTL balanced fill-flash for digital SLR and standard i-TTL fill-flash for digital SLR available when CPU lens is used with built-in flash, SB-400, SB-800, SB-900 and SB-600
• Auto aperture with SB-800/SB-900 and CPU lenses
• Non-TTL auto with SB-900, SB-800, 80DX, 28DX, 28, 27 and 22s
• Range-priority manual with SB-900, SB-800 and SB-700 |
| Flash mode |
Auto, Fill flash, rear-curtain with slow sync, slow sync, slow sync with red-eye reduction, red-eye reduction |
| Flash compensation |
• -3 to +1 EV
• 1/3 steps |
| Nikon Creative Lighting system |
Advanced Wireless Lighting when using SB-900, SB-800, SB-700 or SU-800 as commander and SB-900, SB-800, SB-700, SB-600 or SB-R200 as remotes; Flash Color Information Communication and FV lock supported with all CLS-compatible flash units |
| Shooting modes |
• Single frame shooting (S) mode
• Continuous shooting : 4.0 frames per second
• Self-timer
• Quick-Response Remote
• Delayed Remote
• Quiet shutter release |
| Self-timer |
• 2, 5, 10 or 20 sec |
| Playback functions |
• Full frame
• Thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images or calendar)
• Playback with Playback zoom
• Movie Playback
• Slide Show
• Histogram Display
• Highlights
• Auto Image Rotation
• Image Comment (up to 36 characters) |
| Orientation sensor |
Yes |
| Storage |
• SD / SD HC / SDXC |
| Video output |
NTSC or PAL selectable |
| Connectivity |
• USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed)
• A/V out
• HDMI out
• DC-IN (optional AC adapter and adapter connector) |
| Languages |
Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish |
| Power |
Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL14 |
| Working environment |
• 0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F)
• Less than 85% humidity |
| Dimensions |
128 x 97 x 79 mm (5.0 x 3.8 x 3.1 in.) |
| Weight (no batt) |
510g (1 lb 2 oz) |
| Weight (inc. batt) |
560g (1 lb 4 oz) |